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here's my point, piers. the point is it is absolutely intellectually dishonest to have a conversation about tax increases unless and until you talk about massive cuts in spending of the federal government, getting our spending to gdp ratio below 20%, it's about at 25% today, and my point is, is that the first problem is spending. and i don't think you can even get to a dishonest conversation about how tax increases is somehow going to resolve this problem, it's like going to the hospital with a broken leg, taking a bunch of pain pills and after a few hours, you still have the broken leg. you have to fix the broken leg, piers. >> but the point i'm making to you is that in the cnn poll, it wasn't just about raising taxes. it's about a combination of spending cuts and tax increases. now, let me play a quote from jay carney talking about exactly what the president is offering. >> here's a fact. the president has on the table a proposal that reduces the deficit by $4 trillion, that does so in a balanced way, that
here's my point, piers. the point is it is absolutely intellectually dishonest to have a conversation about tax increases unless and until you talk about massive cuts in spending of the federal government, getting our spending to gdp ratio below 20%, it's about at 25% today, and my point is, is that the first problem is spending. and i don't think you can even get to a dishonest conversation about how tax increases is somehow going to resolve this problem, it's like going to the hospital with a...
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>> reporter: certain any this area, piers there is a real mood of frustration. people here are torn, you can see why. just look all around me, i'm standing on a boardwalk here, this used to be part of a miles long boardwalk that ran along the ocean and now, sandy had broken it up and has sent it down the streets and it's lined with all kinds of debris from homes that have been flooded here. they have got no power there is no electricity here. they have got no telephone service, only spotty cell phone service and the temperatures are plunging. so, what are they thinking about? they are trying to figure out how to clean up from all of this and this is the backdrop for coming up on the eve of election day. what do they do about that? how do they get to the polls? these are some of the issues that they are frustrated about right now. >> but tell me this, susan, do they care about the election or is this the last thing on their minds? do these people -- lost their homes, their livelihoods in some cases, their lives do they care enough about this election to try to ge
>> reporter: certain any this area, piers there is a real mood of frustration. people here are torn, you can see why. just look all around me, i'm standing on a boardwalk here, this used to be part of a miles long boardwalk that ran along the ocean and now, sandy had broken it up and has sent it down the streets and it's lined with all kinds of debris from homes that have been flooded here. they have got no power there is no electricity here. they have got no telephone service, only...
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>> i'm doing well, piers. thanks for having me on. >> i can't blame you for what happened because you got out of there three months before the end. >> but i can blame you for what happened. >> well, go on, then. try. >> no, i better wait for another day. we'll do that over a pint. >> let's just get to what went on with the election because what struck me as unusual was that unlike four years ago, there was a real belief amongst many senior republicans that mitt romney was going to win. they all seemed genuinely quite shocked that he didn't. why was that belief so built on sand, do you think? >> well, of course, election results are a little like post-modern art. people can look at the picture and see different things and some of these theories that people have post-election are sometimes hard to prove or disprove. but i think at a minimum we know this. mitt romney is a very honorable and gracious man and a very talented leader, but the republican party has some work to do and if you do a gap analysis of this e
>> i'm doing well, piers. thanks for having me on. >> i can't blame you for what happened because you got out of there three months before the end. >> but i can blame you for what happened. >> well, go on, then. try. >> no, i better wait for another day. we'll do that over a pint. >> let's just get to what went on with the election because what struck me as unusual was that unlike four years ago, there was a real belief amongst many senior republicans that...
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i don't think it will, piers. i think the president will win other battleground states that are crucial to a victory. but certainly here in ohio, over the last four months, mitt romney has never held a lead. the president has always maintained a relatively small but a very consistent lead in ohio. and i see nothing that's changed that in these last few hours. so i think ohio is going to end up in the obama column and consequently, i think he will be re-elected to a second term. >> we had the huge storm that hit the east coast. there's no doubt looking at the polls you can see that the president's opportunity to be a president for that week has helped him and damaged mitt romney. it's one of the events that can hit anybody in a campaign. how significant do you think it's been, hurricane sandy and the way that played out for both sides? >> as far as ohio is concerned, i think the president has had and has maintained, as i said, a consistent lead for a variety of reasons. first of all, the auto rescue and quite frank
i don't think it will, piers. i think the president will win other battleground states that are crucial to a victory. but certainly here in ohio, over the last four months, mitt romney has never held a lead. the president has always maintained a relatively small but a very consistent lead in ohio. and i see nothing that's changed that in these last few hours. so i think ohio is going to end up in the obama column and consequently, i think he will be re-elected to a second term. >> we had...
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>> certainly in this area, piers, there's a mood of frustration. people here are torn and you can see why just look all around me. i'm standing on part of a board walk. this used to be part of a miles long board walk that ran along the ocean. sandy has broken it up and sent it down the streets. it's lined with all kinds of debris from homes flooded here. they have no power. no telephone service. only spotty cell phone service. the temperatures are plunging. what are they thinking about? how to clean up from all of this, and this is the backdrop for coming up on the eve of election day. what do they do about that? how do they get to the polls? these are some of the issues they're frustrated about right now. >> tell me this, susan, do they care about the election? or is this the last thing on their minds? these people have lost their homes, their livelihoods, in some cases their lives. do they care enough about this election to try to get to a polling booth, even if they could? >> you know, i've been talking to a lot of people out here, they're of tw
>> certainly in this area, piers, there's a mood of frustration. people here are torn and you can see why just look all around me. i'm standing on part of a board walk. this used to be part of a miles long board walk that ran along the ocean. sandy has broken it up and sent it down the streets. it's lined with all kinds of debris from homes flooded here. they have no power. no telephone service. only spotty cell phone service. the temperatures are plunging. what are they thinking about?...
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how are you, piers? >> you must feel like you've -- you must feel like the end of the longest marathon run in the history of marathon runs. how would you describe the mood down at the romney camp? do you sense you're amongst people who believe they can win? >> yes. absolutely. in their conference calls, when they talk to reporters that are on the road with them, they are looking around them and they are talking to their various offices in these swing states and they feel very confident about enthusiasm. they say the enthusiasm is on their side. they also say that there's a great phrase that they use called high propensity voters and those are folks that always come out on election day, and they take a look at those early voting states, in ohio, for instance, where the democrats seem to have a large edge in the early votes, and they say well, that's because they quote, cannibalize their high propensity voters which means they believe the obama team is turning out people that would have shown up on electio
how are you, piers? >> you must feel like you've -- you must feel like the end of the longest marathon run in the history of marathon runs. how would you describe the mood down at the romney camp? do you sense you're amongst people who believe they can win? >> yes. absolutely. in their conference calls, when they talk to reporters that are on the road with them, they are looking around them and they are talking to their various offices in these swing states and they feel very...
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piers, you have won. >> you have won the big jackpot, piers. >> and a big debate tonight. and the show, everyone is talking about very little else. not much going on other than fiscal cliffs and the powerball is gripping the natio you have heard the debate on either side. is it a force of good, really, or does it have its negative side? do you appreciate that too? >> honestly, piers, i have been doing this almost 23 years, and nothing but goodness as far as i can see. all of the winners i give the giant oversized checks to are definitely so very excited and, you know, for the time being, that people purchase their $2 powerball ticket, they have a source of entertainment, an opportunity to dream, and to hold on to what they believe can happen positively, and hopefully for the best for all, and all the people around them. >> isn't the problem, though, a lot of the winners i notice end up having pretty miserable time. they sort of alienate themselves almost by default, not through choice, from all of their old friends and the areas they used to live. go and buy the fancy mans
piers, you have won. >> you have won the big jackpot, piers. >> and a big debate tonight. and the show, everyone is talking about very little else. not much going on other than fiscal cliffs and the powerball is gripping the natio you have heard the debate on either side. is it a force of good, really, or does it have its negative side? do you appreciate that too? >> honestly, piers, i have been doing this almost 23 years, and nothing but goodness as far as i can see. all of...
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general. >> thanks, piers. i did want to come back, because i think the politicization of what's happened in benghazi deserves an answer. first of all, as the mayor well knows, after 9/11, democrats did not politicize this tragedy. not the first day, the first hour, not the first week, not the first month. but with respect to benghazi, i think we're all going to have to wait until the full investigation's done and the information comes out. there has been a lot of fragmentary reporting. now, i just want to say from my own experience inside the national security system, when i read the fragmentary reporting i get an entirely different picture than what mayor giuliani's portrayed here. what i get is a very responsive chain of command that deployed military assets from europe down to sicily, they were ready to go. they deployed a drone overhead, diverted it from another location. they had all kinds of backup plans. the truth was the assault on the annex itself was over before anybody could have responded with anyt
general. >> thanks, piers. i did want to come back, because i think the politicization of what's happened in benghazi deserves an answer. first of all, as the mayor well knows, after 9/11, democrats did not politicize this tragedy. not the first day, the first hour, not the first week, not the first month. but with respect to benghazi, i think we're all going to have to wait until the full investigation's done and the information comes out. there has been a lot of fragmentary reporting....
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some people telling us they waited three, four hours, piers to get on a bus today. a little more than an hour ago, as we were here at a bus stop, we witnessed a crush of people trying to get on one bus that pulled up. people have been patient all day but i think at that point some of them had clearly lost their patience. there was some swearing and pushing and shoving as everyone who had been lined up for hours -- things calmed down and the buses went on as they should have. tomorrow i have a bit of encouraging news for commuters. based on what the mayor is saying things should be better than what we witnessed here today. we are expecting to see restored in limited service, restored service on the lirr, the long island railroad and some subways. i say limited service. what commuters should do, piers is go on-line check with the mta to see which trains and subways will be running in and out of the city. >> a tale of cities in new york and for those who have got no power and the longer this goes on the more people will be feeling angry and concerned and it is up to au
some people telling us they waited three, four hours, piers to get on a bus today. a little more than an hour ago, as we were here at a bus stop, we witnessed a crush of people trying to get on one bus that pulled up. people have been patient all day but i think at that point some of them had clearly lost their patience. there was some swearing and pushing and shoving as everyone who had been lined up for hours -- things calmed down and the buses went on as they should have. tomorrow i have a...
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>> actually piers. president obama carried women by 13 points in 2008 and his margin was down two points. that is unuse wall trend line. all increased their margins by 7 to 8 points and obama went the other way. >> hang, on. he is still 11% ahead of mitt romney. so which over way the spin the apple cart. >> i don't want to spin anything. >> he carried men. in fact the real gender gap exists but no one wants to talk about that. >> he got hammered. >> all i'm saying is that women tend to favor democrats and men tend to favor republican ares. >> what happened yesterday is that women favored a successful president by slim digits and barack obama carried unmarried women. and mitt romney carried white women barack obama carried not white women. but on the broader question, three quick things, one is go to where the woman women are. the idea that women are going to click onto the adds to the tup of $1 billion is foolish and insulting to women. and there was never a good response about obamacare and about bengh
>> actually piers. president obama carried women by 13 points in 2008 and his margin was down two points. that is unuse wall trend line. all increased their margins by 7 to 8 points and obama went the other way. >> hang, on. he is still 11% ahead of mitt romney. so which over way the spin the apple cart. >> i don't want to spin anything. >> he carried men. in fact the real gender gap exists but no one wants to talk about that. >> he got hammered. >> all i'm...
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>> piers, i think it begs the question. why would you go on every major sunday show, because you have tof affirmatively put yourself out there if you had nothing to do with it. you know you have a certain responsibility and you have to be able to tell the american people the truth, and i think that there are serious questions about it. we know that there was e-mails sent from the state department within hours to the white house identifying that ansar al sharia had claimed responsibility, a terrorist group, and for the administration to put her out there and also in her role as a u.n. ambassador, why are you putting me out there versus the secretary of state or the cia or even leon panetta. >> does this tell you it is cover-up or conspiracy? are we talking about a major cover-up that we are defeating al qaeda or simply just pretty poor performance by all of the people up the line in dealing with this attack? >> well, it is why we need to get to the bottom of all of the questions that i identified earlier and it is one of two
>> piers, i think it begs the question. why would you go on every major sunday show, because you have tof affirmatively put yourself out there if you had nothing to do with it. you know you have a certain responsibility and you have to be able to tell the american people the truth, and i think that there are serious questions about it. we know that there was e-mails sent from the state department within hours to the white house identifying that ansar al sharia had claimed responsibility,...
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mayor, welcome back. >> i appreciate it, piers. >> how are things in newark? we saw the things with chris christie and barack obama in new jersey. how are things where you are? >> the devastation in the southern parts of our state, command our attention, compassion and prayers. newark our major problem is power, still out to half of the city. still so many people in very vulnerable conditions, dependent on medicines that need to be refrigerated and others who are residents are trapped, disabled, unable to come down and worried. we have been delivering food and trying to get things done. unfortunately, we have announced a number of fatalities today. three in our city. one was in the form of a drowning. two unfortunately today two young women who had a generator hooked up and died of carbon monoxide poisoning. this is what we fear. we now have recovery going on. there are still hazards and some of them are created by people trying to compensate for the lack of power by open flames, using ovens to heat their homes or generators and it creates hazards everything f
mayor, welcome back. >> i appreciate it, piers. >> how are things in newark? we saw the things with chris christie and barack obama in new jersey. how are things where you are? >> the devastation in the southern parts of our state, command our attention, compassion and prayers. newark our major problem is power, still out to half of the city. still so many people in very vulnerable conditions, dependent on medicines that need to be refrigerated and others who are residents are...
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>> actually piers. president obama carried women by 13 points in 2008 and carried them by 11 points yesterday. so his margin was down. that is an unusual trend line. bill clinton, ronald reagan and george bush all re-elected and increased their margins by 7 to 8 points and obama went the other way. >> hang, on. he is still 11% ahead of mitt romney. so which over way the spin the apple cart. >> i don't want to spin anything. you know how i am on the women's vote and what republicans need to do about it. >> yes, and he -- >> he carried men. in fact the real gender gap exists but no one wants to talk about that. >> no one withins wants to talk about mitt romney's triumph in the election, he got hammered. >> all i'm saying is that women tend to favor democrats and men tend to favor republican ares. what happened yesterday is that women favored a successful president by slim digits and barack obama carried unmarried women. mitt romney carried married women. and mitt romney carried white women barack obama ca
>> actually piers. president obama carried women by 13 points in 2008 and carried them by 11 points yesterday. so his margin was down. that is an unusual trend line. bill clinton, ronald reagan and george bush all re-elected and increased their margins by 7 to 8 points and obama went the other way. >> hang, on. he is still 11% ahead of mitt romney. so which over way the spin the apple cart. >> i don't want to spin anything. you know how i am on the women's vote and what...
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those entertainment piers. of all the damage brought by sandy, these images are among the those that stand out the most. take a look at before and then the heartbreaking after. this is the casino pier and amusement park in seaside heights. three quarters century old. to television viewers who watched "the sopranos" or the jersey shore or listen to bruce springsteen sing about this place, there might be a sense of familiarity of it. but for millions of americans, this is a deep personal loss. >> that pier was beautiful. it had great rides. every one of you people or half you people has been on that pier. >> reporter: summer memories, a place where their parents brought them and they brought their own kids. until now, until this. harry smith is a councilman and business owner. his family ran the beach umbrella concession. it's gone now. >> this is heartbreaking. i've lived here my whole life. devastated. >> reporter: the best known and most dramatic image, the star jet roller coaster. it sat on the pier that used
those entertainment piers. of all the damage brought by sandy, these images are among the those that stand out the most. take a look at before and then the heartbreaking after. this is the casino pier and amusement park in seaside heights. three quarters century old. to television viewers who watched "the sopranos" or the jersey shore or listen to bruce springsteen sing about this place, there might be a sense of familiarity of it. but for millions of americans, this is a deep...
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amy hollyfield joins us from pier 54. >> reporter: every little bit counts. think about blankets the red cross has shipped 80,000 to the east coast. if you donate $10 it will buy three of thees. a little goes a long way. the red cross has already served one million meals to storm victims on the east coast. the agency needs your help to keep providing relief. >> sometimes, people have the perception that the red cross may not need any more donations, they are so big and there's the misconception that perhaps we are funded by the government, which we are not. we are funded by the generosity of the public. >> reporter: that's why abc has teamed up with the red cross for a day of giving. a phone bank on "good morning america" kicked off the day, different shows will ask for donations throughout the day and the company is donating two million dollars and will match donations from its employees with >> 90 within cents out of every dollar is going -- 91 cents out of every dollar is going to those in need. >> reporter: five from the bay area have traveled east to hel
amy hollyfield joins us from pier 54. >> reporter: every little bit counts. think about blankets the red cross has shipped 80,000 to the east coast. if you donate $10 it will buy three of thees. a little goes a long way. the red cross has already served one million meals to storm victims on the east coast. the agency needs your help to keep providing relief. >> sometimes, people have the perception that the red cross may not need any more donations, they are so big and there's the...